Son 14

'''Son 14''' is a fourteen-member son band from Santiago, Cuba, formed on November 11, 1978, by Adalberto Álvarez and Eduardo 'El Tiburon' Morales.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://oncubamagazine.com/culture/eduardo-morales-a-shark-that-sings/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140211042710/http://www.oncubamagazine.com/culture/eduardo-morales-a-shark-that-sings/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=February 11, 2014 |title=Eduardo Morales: A "Shark" that sings |date=2014-02-02 |website=OnCuba Magazine |language=en-US |access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/son-14-mn0000027785/biography |title=Son 14 Biography & History |website=AllMusic |access-date=2018-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FlVbMUCdiSIC |title=Rebel Dance, Renegade Stance: Timba Music and Black Identity in Cuba |last=Vaughan |first=Umi |date=2012-10-17 |publisher=University of Michigan Press |isbn=978-0472118489 |pages=168 |language=en}}</ref> In 1984, after having been the group's director for six years, Álvarez left Son 14 to start the orchestra Adalberto Álvarez y su Son in Havana.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KVOEAgAAQBAJ |title=Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures |last1=Balderston |first1=Daniel |last2=Gonzalez |first2=Mike |last3=Lopez |first3=Ana M. |date=2002-09-11 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781134788514 |pages=60 |language=en}}</ref>

==Partial discography== *''A Bayamo En Coche'' (Areito, 1980) *''Son Como Son'' (Areito, 1981) *''Adalberto Alvarez presenta Son 14'' (Areito, 1981) *''Damelo'' (Philips, 1983) *''Tumi Cuba Classics, Vol. 4: Son the Big Sound'' (Tumi, 1995) *(with Tiburon) ''Cubania'' (Tumi, 1997)

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Category:Musical groups established in 1978 Category:1978 establishments in Cuba Category:Son cubano groups Category:Philips Records artists Category:Cuban musical groups